Faucet and ventilator for beer



(NO MOdel.)

T. TRACY.

FAUGET AND VENTILATOR POR BEER, aw.

Patented Nov. 22,1881.

UNTTEE STATES PATENT THOMAS TRACY, OF WASHINGTON,DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO THEODORE P. ENGLE, OF VANSVILLE DISTRICT, MARYLAND.

FAUCET AND VENTILATOR FOR BEER, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,017, dated November 22, 1881.

Application filed June 27,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS TRACY, a cit-izen of the United States, residing in Vashington, in the county of VV-ashington and District of Columbia, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Faucets and Ventilators for Beer and the like; and I do hereby `declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of io the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements-in i faucets and ventilators for beer and the like; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the annexed drawings, Figure l is a representation of a longitudinal section of my device, showing the same applied to a part of a barrel. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the faucet with the Ventilating-tube and plunger removed. Fig. 3 is a view of the plunger. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the plunger, showing the wheel attached. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken through lines x m of Fig. l; and (Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional detail view of 3o the ventilating-tube.

The letter A represents the barrel of the faucet, B the plunger, and C the ventilatingtube. The faucet A has at its outer end a stuffing-box, a, and its inner end is externally 3 5 screw-threaded, as shown at l), to be screwed into the threaded bushing o in the barrel, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. This faucet is internally7 screw-threaded, as shown at c, to receive the threaded plunger B in tapping.

4o This plunger B is longitudinally channeled from the point d to d and thinned down from the latter point to or near the wheel or handle E. The channels f in the plunger'are for the passage of liquid from the barrel. The upper channel, g, is for the passage of the ventilating-tube in the keg.

D represents a screw-threaded nozzle, which is cast with the said faucet, and to which the spigot E' may be attached.

F represents a raised portion, which is also 5o cast with the faucet, and is provided with a hole, e, for the passage of the air or ventilating tube. Upon the top and near the end g of this raised portion F is a transverse slot,j", for the reception of the gate It and the elastic or other suitable packing, t, which serves to form a tight frictional connection with the said gate h.

m is a transverse groove in the faucet, below the said hole e, to receive the lower edge 6o of the gate h, when the air or vent tube is withdrawn from the hole e of the faucet and the said gate pressed down. This rubber or packing h is perforated, and surrounds the air or vent tube when thesameis inserted through the hole e of the faucet. This air-tube C has inside, near its upper end, a stop, s, for the spiral spring t', which spring is placed between the said stop and cylider j,the object of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Fastened to one end of the cylinder j, as shown in detail, Fig. 6 of the drawings, is a wire or rod, o. This wire or rod passes from the said cylinder down through the vent-tube, and has secured near its outer end a valve or plug, o', and to the extreme outer end of this wire is attached a chain, k, the opposite end of which is attached to the key G of the spigot.

The operation is as follows: The ventilating-tube C is first withdrawn from the faucet 8o and the gate It pushed down in the groove m. The end of the faucet is then screwed into the bush in the head ofthe barrel until there is a tightjoint formed between the flange a of the faucet and the head of the bush. The operator then grasps the wheel E of the plunger and screws up the same until the plug is driven in the barrel, when the liquor is ready to be drawn out. When it is necessary to ventilato the barrel for the draft of the liquid contained 9o therein, the end lt of the tube C is inserted in the hole e of the faucet until the said end of the tube strikes the gate h. The gate is then raised, and the Ventilating-tube, being curved, as shown, is pushed in from the said hole e of the faucet through the channel g of the plunger B and the bush v, and the end R extended above the liquid in the barrel. The packing claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The faucet A, constructed as described, with the enlarged portion F, having slotf, to receive the packing 7L and gate h, and the hole c, to receive the Ventilating-tube, in combinal tion with the plunger B, all substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a ventilator for beer, the tube C, having apertures u and stop s,the cylinderj, having apertures u, the spring t', and rod 0, carrying valve o and chain 7c, secured at one end to the key of the spigot and at its opposite end to the rod o, all adapted to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

h' will prevent the escape of any ofthe liquid out through the hole e or the tube-channel g and the transverse slotf ofthe faucet. When l the key G is turned to effect an opening at the spigot a simultaneous opening is effected at the outer and inner end of the vent-tube C by the chain being tightened, and the valve or plug o' thereby being pulled outward. The air thus admitted is allowed to pass into the barrel by the. wire o connected with the chain pulling down the cylinderj, thus causing the apertures u of the cylinder to register with the apertures u of the Ventilating-tube. I

When desired, the Ventilating-tube may be with drawn from thefaucet and the gate pressed l down, as before described, the chain k detached from the key of the spigot, and the faucet used independentofthesaid Ventilatingattachment.

A strainer may be attached to the inner screw-threaded end of the plunger, if found desirable.

Having thus described my invention, what l THOMAS TRACY. XVitnesses:

YV. P. BELL, A. C. BRADLEY. 

